Is there yellow push in my photos?

marzipann

Hello,

I printed photos via EZprints for the first time and they came back kind of yellow. I have calibrated my Laptop and an inexpensive 19" LCD using a Spyder3 Elite. I am using Lightroom 3 beta 2, and I shot in Raw on my D90.
For those of you with nicer calibrated displays, do these look off to you?

In this photo the print seems to have subdued greens in the background tree leaves, and Alice Waters' skin (lady on the right) seems to have a slight yellow cast to her skin.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/864576824_wh3ZW-M-1.jpg

In this photo, the leaves again are not as green as I saw on my monitors, and the light reflecting off the tree trunk and rocks are yellowish in the print. They appear white on my displays.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/864663254_RBaeG-S-1.jpg

In this photo, the sky is not as vivid a blue on print, and the reflections off the rock face is yellowish vs white on my display.

http://www.smugmug.com/photos/864663652_pjUwa-M-1.jpg

I have a support ticket open with smugmug support but thought I'd ask for advice here too since I don't know when I will get a response from the color guys.

Let me know if you need any details on the photos.

Thanks,
Steve

ziggy53

I suggest collecting a few "color calibration" images from the Internet to use as standards. See how they look on your monitor and see how they print. If calibration images look OK on screen but do not print properly then you know that there is a problem in either workflow or with the print agency. In that case try another print agency. If a second print agency also looks off then it is likely a problem with your workflow.

What color system did you use to process the images in? Adobe RGB? sRGB?

If it was Adobe RGB did you convert to sRGB before sending the images to SmugMug?

Did you include the color profile in the output image file?

What happens when you color sample the skin tones in the original images? What values does your software display for the color samples in skin highlight and shadow areas? Please supply either RGB values or CMYK values. In the first image please sample both subjects.

I suggest looking at photos in diffused sunlight if possible, rather than artificial light, to make color assessments.